Bret, yours was a very thoughtful and disciplined reply to the discussion. I certainly agree with your assessment of ACA. It is easy to criticize, especially by those that do not (or can not) provide an alternative. The old healthcare sysem in America was broken, and it is easy to lose sight of that in the heat of political wrangling.
After several serious illnesses and hospitalizations (mine and my family) I have sadly come to the conclusion that "for profit" healthcare is a very flawed system.
Healthcare is not easily shopped or selected.
I can not look for the best price on the sign---like gasoline, or eat chicken when beef seems too expensive. I can not refuse a pacemaker for my mother, like I can a transmission overhaul for my old truck. When an emergency happens, the closest provider gets the business.
If healthcare was not profitable, why would the hospitals be such big advertisers for more business.
The profit vultures in the healthcare industry know this and they exploit it to the hilt. Once you have seen them pile on the profit for a dying senior citizen and charge it all to medicare, the light bulb comes on. When our local Hospice brags about their dedication to the sick and dying of our community, then bills $80 for a sponge bath, charges $52 million to medicare and pays their local city executive $400,000/yr you realize that charity begins at the cash register.
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